Beginning the new year

We decided to spend a quiet New Year’s Eve at home. Beautiful Smart Wonderful Daughter and Sailor Boy took over the kitchen and made finger foods. They dipped fresh strawberries in chocolate, baked asparagus stalks wrapped into dough, and made fancy pinwheel hors d'œuvre. Young people crowded around the kitchen table to eat and talk. Quick stirred up some kind of special macaroni and cheese. Sparkly Eyes and Film Guy arrived with cupcakes and brownies. A bunch of us worked on a jigsaw puzzle in front of the fire.

After midnight, Quick sat down at the drums. Skater Boy plugged a microphone into an amp and sang while he played his guitar. Boy in Black got out his guitar. With-a-Why and Shaggy Hair Boy took turns on the piano. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t so quiet after all.